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EU shames China on death of activist

EU foreign affairs chief Ashton has shed a spotlight on the death in a military hospital of Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli, who was abducted on her way to a UN meeting in September, jailed, and denied medical treatment. "I am deeply saddened by the death," Ashton said Saturday.

Opinion

Two years on from the highly-controversial EU-Turkey deal, many thousands of refugees are still trapped on Greek islands. One of them offers an open invitation to EU leaders to see their inhospitable conditions at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.

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The controversy over the new EU Commission top civil servant is revealing of what is wrong with EU institutions and how they are blocked by national governments, says award-winning Austrian novelist Robert Menasse.